Millions face drenching as warnings issued
Rainfall totals between Newcastle and Moruya, reached up to 40mm in the past 24 hours and the northwest slopes and plains also received up to 30mm.
Sky news meteorologist Helen Reid said the worst of the weather is set to hit Saturday with 24 hour totals up to 90mm possible.
'It has been a cold and wet week across New South Wales, with showers and rain pushing onto the East Coast in particular,' she said.
'The rain and the wind is expected to peak today with the Mid North Coast, the Upper Hunter and parts of the Northern Tablelands likely to get the heaviest falls.'
A severe weather warning is in place for parts of the Upper Hunter, Mid North Coast, Northern Tablelands and the North West slopes and plains for heavy rainfall that may lead to flash flooding and damaging wind gusts in excess of 90 kilometres an hour.
Parts of Queensland will also be hit with strong winds extending to all coasts between the Queensland border and the Illawarra on Sunday.
'The strong winds also whipping up larger powerful surf with a hazardous surf warning current for the Macquarie coast,' Ms Reid said.
The wild weather is expected to ease on Sunday with showers lingering into the start of the week.
'The complex low pressure system off the northern New South Wales coast is expected to start moving away from the mainland on Sunday, dragging with it the worst of the wind and the rain,' Ms Reid said.
A separate cold front is also forecast in Western Australia bringing rain, thunderstorms and hail.
A severe weather warning for damaging winds and heavy rainfall is in place for areas around Perth, Bunbury and Albany.
Darwin is set to be warm and sunny reaching 31C, while Brisbane is expecting showers and sunny spells, reaching 19C.
Canberra will be cool with a top of 13Cwith patchy drizzle.
Melbourne and Hobart are expecting to stay overcast with some sun and highs of 15C and 14C respectively.
Adelaide should see some sun, reaching a high of 14C.
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